Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Winn Sanderson is an American author of high fantasy, science fiction, and young adult books. His best known novels include the Mistborn series and The Stormlight Archive, which are set in the Cosmere fictional universe. Outside of the Cosmere, he has written several young adult and juvenile series including The Reckoners, the Skyward series, and the Alcatraz series. He is also known for finishing author Robert Jordan's high fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Sanderson has created two graphic novels, White Sand and Dark One.

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Standalone Works

16 Books
Elantris
2005

Elantris

2005
Firstborn
2005

Firstborn

2005
Warbreaker
2009

Warbreaker

2009
Libro I Hate Dragons
2011

I Hate Dragons

2011
Infinity Blade
2011

Infinity Blade

2011
The Emperor's Soul
2012

The Emperor's Soul

WINNER, 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novella! Nominee, 2013 World Fantasy Award for Novella! From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Emperor's Soul showcases a fascinating magic system as the clock ticks down for a condemned criminal. When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life. An assassin has left the Emperor Ashravan without consciousness, a circumstance concealed only by the death of his wife. If the emperor does not emerge after his hundred-day mourning period, the rule of the Heritage Faction will be forfeit and the empire will fall into chaos. Shai is given an impossible task: to create—to Forge—a new soul for the emperor in less than one hundred days. But her soul-Forgery is considered an abomination by her captors. She is confined to a tiny, dirty chamber, guarded by a man who hates her, spied upon by politicians, and trapped behind a door sealed in her own blood. Shai's only possible ally is the emperor's most loyal councillor, Gaotona, who struggles to understand her true talent. Time is running out for Shai. Forging, while deducing the motivations of her captors, she needs a perfect

2012
Dreamer
2014

Dreamer

2014
Perfect State
2015

Perfect State

2015
White Sand
2016

White Sand

2016
Snapshot
2017

Snapshot

2017
Probability Approaching Zero
2025

Probability Approaching Zero

2025
Libro Brain Dump
2025

Brain Dump

2025
Moment Zero
2025

Moment Zero

2025
Tailored Realities
2025

Tailored Realities

2025
Children of the Nameless

Children of the Nameless

The Rithmatist

The Rithmatist

Legion series

3 Books
Legion
#1

Legion

2012
Skin Deep
#2

Skin Deep

2014
Lies of the Beholder
#3

Lies of the Beholder

2018

The Stormlight Archive

7 Books
The Way of Kings
#1

The Way of Kings

2010
Words of Radiance
#2

Words of Radiance

2014
Edgedancer
2016

Edgedancer

2016
Oathbringer
#3

Oathbringer

2017
Rhythm of War
#4

Rhythm of War

2020
Dawnshard
2020

Dawnshard

2020
Wind and Truth
#5

Wind and Truth

2024

The Reckoners

4 Books
Steelheart
#1

Steelheart

2013
Mitosis
#1.5

Mitosis

2013
Firefight
#2

Firefight

2015
Calamity
#3

Calamity

2016

Skyward series

5 Books
Defending Elysium
2008

Defending Elysium

2008
Skyward
#1

Skyward

2018
Starsight
#2

Starsight

2019
Cytonic
#3

Cytonic

2021
Defiant
#4

Defiant

Cosmere

1 Books
Arcanum Unbounded
2016

Arcanum Unbounded

2016

Secret Projects

5 Books
Tress of the Emerald Sea
#1

Tress of the Emerald Sea

2023
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
#2

The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson meshes Jason Bourne and epic fantasy in this captivating adventure that throws an amnesiac wizard into time travel shenanigans—where his only hope of survival lies in recovering his missing memories. A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the “real world” should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, except his copy exploded during transit. The few fragments he managed to save provide clues to his situation, but can he figure them out in time to survive?

2023
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
#3

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

2023
The Sunlit Man
#4

The Sunlit Man

2023
Isles of the Emberdark
#5

Isles of the Emberdark

2025

Wax and Wayne

0 Books

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

6 Books
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
#1

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

2007
Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones
#2

Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones

Thirteen-year-old Alcatraz Smedry and his companions seek Al's father and grandfather in the Great Library of Alexandria, where they face undead, soul-stealing wraiths called the Curators of Alexandria, and one of the Scrivener's Bones, a part-human, part-machine mercenary.

2008
Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia
#3

Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia

2009
Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens
#4

Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens

2010
Alcatraz Versus the Dark Talent
#5

Alcatraz Versus the Dark Talent

2016
Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians
2022

Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians

2022

Mistborn

1 Books
Mistborn
#3

Mistborn

2008